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Title: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, Gary Gianni ISBN: 0-8092-4486-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: October, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.77 (56 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Original-text edition reveals original intent, adult work.
Comment: Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the most unjustly undervalued authors (by adult readers, at least) in English literature, created in "Kidnapped" a fast-paced adventure tale; a subtle examination of Scottish history and culture; and a pair of unforgettable characters--the sensible young Lowland protagonist, David Balfour, and his "wild Hielandman" mentor, Alan Breck Stewart. Stevensonian scholar Barry Menikoff offers a challenging new approach to the old favorite in this handsome edition transcribed from the original manuscript in the Huntington Library (and, for the final chapters, from the 1886 serialized version). The result is a text that is closer to the author's original intention than any edition yet published. In his illuminating introduction, itself a model of critical clarity and stylistic grace, Menikoff emphasizes both the mythic appeal of Stevenson's story of David Balfour's odyssey and what he terms the "starkness of its realism." The editor's analysis of Stevenson's economical employment of description as the agent of atmosphere and emotion places the author in the vanguard of a revolution in prose technique that would culminate in Hemingway. Menikoff makes a strong case for reexamining the so-called "children's classic" in the light in which it was received by early readers and critics (including Stevenson's friend and literary champion Henry James)--as a mature work of serious fiction. Put aside the images derived from Wyeth, Disney, and Classics Illustrated; here is the book--and the writer--you only thought you knew.

Rating: 5
Summary: An exciting adventure
Comment: The book Kidnapped was a very good book filled with excitement and adventure. As I read this book, I could actually imagine what was happening. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading books about exciting adventures. It was fun to read about how a young Scottish boy, David Balfour, finds himself in a horrible situation after being betrayed by his uncle. David is only seventeen years old and is robbed of his inheritance by his own uncle. David must try and find a way to prove himself not guilty after being accused of murder and he must try to stay safe while doing it. Read this book and find out what David does to protect himself on his incredible journey.

Rating: 4
Summary: whits review of "Kidnapped"
Comment: Kidnapped is a story about a young boy's life during the 1800's. This boys name is David and he is going through some hard times right after his father's death. His only family left is his Uncle Ebenezer who he doesn't even know. He travels to the house of Shaws where he meets his uncle, who turns out to be a very mean old man. David has come there not only to meet his closest kin left, but to also collect his inheritance from his father's death. David's uncle has him sent off to be a slave on a ship to the Carolinas, without David knowing. This leads to a series of adventures on the open sea and eventually to Scotland, where David and his new friend Alan are being chased by the English army. They eventually gather their bearings and find there way back to the house of Shaws. Here they get David's father's lawyer to help make David's uncle turn over his part of the inheritance. And then the story ends with David receiving two thirds of his uncle's income as David's inheritance. The reason that I chose this book is for the reasons that it really shows how cruel people were back in the 1800's and how easy people got away with mean things. It shows that no body was safe in the 1800's and even people with money were corrupt. The book reads very well because of Stevenson's great style of writing. This book also interests the reader greatly with its great action scenes that seem to go on forever and ever. There are changes in the book almost every other chapter that really change the way the book reads and this sucks you in even more. This book also catches an eye with its great imagery, I remember this one scene where they are describing a river that David needed to cross to get to the main land and the imagery was so good that I could picture this river and the houses on the other side. The main character David is also a very interesting boy to read about and all you want the whole book is for something to go good for him. He had to deal with so much and he doesn't get rewarded till the end of the book. If you are a reader that loves a great 1800's action book, with a very interesting plot, you will like Kidnapped a lot.